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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

George Henry Bentinck

Hometown

Galveston, Texas

Honored By

A Grateful American

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF WARRANT OFFICER CLASS II AND SERVED AS AN AIR GUNNER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 21 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 97 'STRAITS SETTLEMENTS' SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS AVRO LANCASTER MK III (ND497) WAS LOST DURING A BOMBING RAID TO SCHWEINFURT, GERMANY ON FEBRUARY 25, 1944. BURIED AT DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY, DURNBACH, BAVARIA, GERMANY.